Four presidential candidates will square off in Cebu City for the second presidential debate organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday.
Vice President Jejomar Binay, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Grace Poe and former Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II will share the stage again to lay out their programs on disaster/climate change preparedness, healthcare, fighting corruption and education.
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Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago will not be able to join her fellow candidates as she opted to undergo a clinical trial for an anticancer pill.
The debate will be held at the University of the Philippines Cebu Performing Arts Theater and will run for three hours, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., an hour longer compared to the first presidential debate held last month in Cagayan de Oro City.
TV5 and Philippine Star, hosts of the Cebu debate, promised a more “explosive debate.”
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The Cebu debate will feature two rounds: the first one will follow a panel format while the second one will allow interaction among candidates.
TV5 head of news and information Luchi Cruz-Valdes will moderate both rounds.
Binay and Poe have already arrived in Cebu a day prior to the debate while Roxas touched down in the city around noon on Sunday.
The third and last presidential debate will be held on April 24 in Dagupan City and will be hosted by ABS-CBN and Manila Bulletin. AJH/RAM
